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Agreed, including the 'experts' here.
Why do people have such a problem with bikes that are built in Asia???
Carbon bikes are great, steel bikes are great. Some buy a bike for it's artistic value, some want cutting edge technology. It's personal preference.

Agreed, including the 'experts' here.
Why do people have such a problem with bikes that are built in Asia???
Carbon bikes are great, steel bikes are great. Some buy a bike for it's artistic value, some want cutting edge technology. It's personal preference.

I should have been much more clear so as not to confuse you, sorry.
I guess my reply was to the OP's mention of Taiwan. Again, I can see how my post would have been extremely confusing.
For the record, I have never seen eRitchie say anything bad about Asia..

I should have been much more clear so as not to confuse you, sorry.
I guess my reply was to the OP's mention of Taiwan. Again, I can see how my post would have been extremely confusing.
For the record, I have never seen eRitchie say anything bad about Asia..

i think when folks bash taiwan what they are speaking to is bikes formed in overused molds that have poor alignment. this is really about production volume and that folks equate asian made bikes with a high production volume.

that's a different conversation about obvious things that we need not have for having had it already a bunch of times, no?

one of the things i learned by having some writers and publishers as patients over the years is that people love to read articles that are about the 'best' or articles involving lists of best things. its just a velonews article... i think they do great for the resources they have and for what they have to cover....
maybe the if guy could actually read the article before posting the declaration about its uselessness first? i dig the passion and all.. but it leads to this nonsense.

shrink, terrorist, poet, president of concerned cyclists for the abolishment of bovine source bicycle parts and head of the disaffected commie dishwashers union.

i think when folks bash taiwan what they are speaking to is bikes formed in overused molds that have poor alignment. this is really about production volume and that folks equate asian made bikes with a high production volume.

that's a different conversation about obvious things that we need not have for having had it already a bunch of times, no?

one of the things i learned by having some writers and publishers as patients over the years is that people love to read articles that are about the 'best' or articles involving lists of best things. its just a velonews article... i think they do great for the resources they have and for what they have to cover....
maybe the if guy could actually read the article before posting the declaration about its uselessness first? i dig the passion and all.. but it leads to this nonsense.